заболе́ть
- 1.
to fall ill, to get sick, to come down with (an illness)
Он заболе́л гри́ппом и оста́лся дома.
He came down with the flu and stayed home.
With the illness in the instrumental: заболеть гриппом.
- 2.
to start to hurt, to start aching
У меня́ внеза́пно заболе́ла голова́.
My head suddenly started to hurt.
Only in the third person, of a body part; 3sg заболит.
- 3.
to become obsessed with, to catch the bug for
Он заболе́л футбо́лом ещё в де́тстве.
He caught the football bug as a child.
Colloquial; with the instrumental.
Examples
Она заболе́ла, но быстро попра́вилась.
She fell ill, but got well soon.
Он заболе́л вследствие переутомле́ния.
As a consequence of overwork, he became ill.
Плохо вы́глядишь. Ты не заболе́ла?
You don't look very well. Are you sick?
Ты плохо вы́глядишь. Ты заболе́л?
You don't look very well, are you sick?
Conjugation
| Present | Future | |
|---|---|---|
| я | - | заболе́ю |
| ты | - | заболе́ешь |
| он/она́/оно́ | - | заболе́ет |
| мы | - | заболе́ем |
| вы | - | заболе́ете |
| они́ | - | заболе́ют |
| Imperative | |
|---|---|
| ты | заболе́й |
| вы | заболе́йте |
| Past | |
|---|---|
| masculine | заболе́л |
| feminine | заболе́ла |
| neuter | заболе́ло |
| plural | заболе́ли |
Participles
| Active present | - | |
|---|---|---|
| Active past | sick, ill, having fallen ill | |
| Passive present | - | |
| Passive past | - | |
| Gerund present | - | |
| Gerund past | заболе́в заболевши | while doing (past) |
Word familyболе́тьPRO
- боле́тьto be ill; to hurt; to cheer on
- вы́болетьto be worn out with suffering
- заболе́тьto fall ill; to start to hurt; to become obsessed with
- наболе́тьto build up (of pent-up feelings); to become sore
- приболе́тьto fall ill
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Contributions
Iron edited translation 6 days ago.
jwhitlaw edited translation and verb basics 6 years ago.
